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A daycare provider has been charged in the accidental death of a 3-month-old boy in early May.

Cindy Jo Hanisch, 41, of Tea, faces a charge of contributing to the abuse, neglect or delinquency of minor, a class one misdemeanor carrying an up to one year prison sentence.

On May 9, according to court documents, the child's father found him unresponsive about 5 p.m. in the infant room of a daycare in the 46000 block of 263rd Street while picking him up. Hanisch began CPR while the child's father called emergency personnel.

The child was taken to Sanford Hospital where he later died.

According to court documents, the cause death was asphyxia due to being in a face down sleep position, Capt. Paul Niedringhaus of the Minnehaha County Sheriff's office said the child's death has been ruled accidental.

Hanisch told deputies "I laid him on his stomach while he was still swaddled" about 3:30 p.m. for a nap, according to court documents. An hour later, she checked on him and he was still laid on his stomach with his face off to the side.

Hanisch found the child blue in color when she went to retrieve him for his father, according to court documents.

During an interview at the Law Enforcement Center, Hanisch was asked about the number of children she had at her daycare and the sleeping practices used.

According to court documents, Hanisch emailed the detective a roster with the names of 15 children enrolled in her daycare. When asked if having more than 14 children was too much for her, she replied "Yes."

"(Hanisch) also admitted that this incident may have been prevented if she had less children enrolled at her daycare," court documents stated.

When asked about her sleeping practices, Hanisch said she knew that placing an infant on their stomach was wrong. She did it because the child's parents asked her not to allow him to cry too long and that she believes a lot of time children will fall asleep easier on their stomach, according to court documents.

Niedringhaus said Hanisch had turned herself in Thursday on the charge and was released on a personal recognizance bond.